Her hair was cloud-like and beautiful! She opened her eyes and found herself back in the third year

When Song Pingping returned to Chunxie Courtyard, Qin Yizhen was not there. Instead, Lu Qiao, who was ill, was watching the servants move things around.

She knelt on a chair, hugging the backrest, and occasionally reminded the busy passersby, "Be careful, be careful, don't bump into anything."

"That plum vase is what the princess usually uses to hold flowers. If it gets broken, she'll be punished!"

"Where is the princess?" Song Pingping stepped forward and asked her.

When Lü Qiao turned around and saw it was her, her attitude was quite good: "The princess went to the outer courtyard to see Mr. Deng."

Song Pingping glanced around and saw that these people were moving things. She asked casually, "Is the princess unhappy with her accommodations and wants to rearrange her room?"

"No, it's the Marquis who wants to move back." Green Qiao's lips curled up slightly, her smugness and joy impossible to hide.

"The Marquis is moving back?" Song Pingping was stunned.

"Yes, the Marquis is moving back to Chunxie Courtyard." Lü Qiao was about to laugh when she saw Song Pingping freeze, suddenly remembering that Song Pingping was also the Marquis's concubine. Her smile vanished instantly.

unlucky.

"What brings you here? Are you here to see the Marquis?"

Song Pingping smiled and said, "Why would I want to see the Marquis? I'm here to see the Princess, of course. The Marquis's sour face is nothing compared to the Princess's stunningly beautiful face. Don't you think so?"

Hearing this, Lü Qiao felt a little better, but she just snorted, "At least you know your place."

Song Pingping asked her again, "You said the Marquis is moving back, and the princess agreed? They've made up?"

"Of course, the princess naturally agreed." Even though Qin Yizhen agreed to let Cheng Yan move back because she had promised Empress Dowager Cheng, Lü Qiao wouldn't be foolish enough to tell Song Pingping.

"Have you gone to see Aunt Wang? How is she?"

Lü Qiao actually disliked this self-righteous and aloof concubine, Wang Yiniang. Among the concubines, she was the one with the most petty schemes. However, she was also a little worried when she learned that Wang Yiniang had vomited blood from anger.

I may hate them, but I still don't want them to die.

"She's in good spirits." Song Pingping shook her head inwardly, recalling her stubborn and resentful attitude. "Have the imperial physician come to check her pulse every day. If she takes good care of herself for a while, she should recover."

Greenie nodded: "Then let's do it that way."

Song Pingping stood in the room, looking at the busy people coming and going, then lowered her eyelids, lost in thought.

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Meanwhile, Qin Yizhen went to the main courtyard of the outer courtyard to meet Mr. Deng and discuss the velvet flower business.

"Previously, I thought I could delay Fang Shixin's opening of Fanghua Pavilion for a while, but I had a falling out with her at the palace banquet yesterday, so I'm afraid that's no longer possible. The opening of Fanghua Pavilion will probably be in the next couple of days."

Fang Shixin was not going to give up this opportunity to make money. Since her own path was blocked, she would either find someone else or start her own business directly.

"Since you want to do this business, you need to get things done as soon as possible. If you are late and lose the opportunity, even if the business is successful, it will not be as good as the expected result."

"Princess, rest assured, I have been making preparations for the past two days. The shop has been arranged, and some velvet flowers have been made. We will be able to open in two more days."

"Opening in just two days?" Qin Yizhen was slightly surprised; that was quite a quick move.

She asked, "How are the velvet flowers? Have you seen them? The ones Fang Shixin sent over are extremely exquisite, almost indistinguishable from real flowers. If they are not well made, they probably can't compare to hers."

"Princess, please rest assured, I understand this principle. I have sent people to invite more than a dozen embroiderers to come up with the patterns, and I have also found dozens of skilled embroiderers to make them. They can produce quite a few in a day."

"I have seen those styles and the finished velvet flowers, and they are quite good."

Qin Yizhen felt a little relieved after hearing his words. She instructed, "Fang Shixin has been released from prison today. Send someone to keep an eye on her and make sure nothing goes wrong."

"Yes."

"If the money is still not enough, you can take some from me first."

"Thank you, Princess. I borrowed three thousand from you earlier, and now I have plenty of money..."

Qin Yizhen inquired about the progress of the velvet flower business from Mr. Deng and learned that everything was almost ready, which put her mind at ease.

After Mr. Deng left, Steward Zhou brought up a booklet: "Princess, this is the reward sent by the court yesterday. Apart from the money, which has already been arranged separately, the rest is in the storeroom."

Qin Yizhen paused, her fingers landing on the booklet, feeling slightly cool.

In her previous life, she didn't really care about these rewards. After checking the book and confirming that everything was correct, she had someone send them back to the storeroom. As for Cheng Yan wanting to use them, she simply checked the accounts and left it alone once everything was in order.

Only now do we realize that all that money was used to fund the war effort. He may appear successful, but in reality, he had to borrow three thousand taels of silver from her.

"I remember that the palace has been showering us with gifts these past few years, and the storerooms are overflowing with goods. Have someone organize the storerooms and see if there's anything I don't need, and have someone replace it."

The Marquis of Pingxi's mansion was, after all, a marquis's mansion; it was certainly not poor.

Although the income of the Marquis's mansion has been used to subsidize the soldiers in the past two or three years, even the reward money for winning battles has been used, it has not yet reached the point where we need to sell things.

So, besides what the two of them used, Qin Yizhen would also send some to her concubines and reward the capable stewards, and the rest were all piled up in the storeroom.

"Change it?" Butler Zhou was startled. "No, no, no, Princess, this is unacceptable!"

"Why can't it be used?"

Isn't it because we're short of money? Why can't we use it?

Steward Zhou said, "In the past two or three years, the Marquis has been fighting wars, and almost all of the income in the manor has gone into the war effort, except for some of the manor's expenses."

Those precious silks, satins, jewels, jewelry, cabinets, and ornaments were rarely purchased anymore; the items in the storeroom were originally intended for the princess's use.

"The Marquis had already given instructions on this matter, saying that although the princess had a dowry and a fief, and lacked nothing, the princess was his wife, and he must not wrong her. He could not keep the money, but the food and other items bestowed by the palace had to be left for the princess."

Qin Yizhen was taken aback; she had no idea such a thing existed.

She remembered that whenever the palace bestowed rewards, Steward Zhou would select some and send them to Chunxie Courtyard, and then give her a list to review. On the first and fifteenth of each month, he would also select some items to send over, ensuring she had everything she needed, including food and daily necessities.

She had thought this was a rule set by the household, but now it seemed they wanted to send her something.

Steward Zhou continued, "Princess, let's not bring up the matter of replacement again. Although the Marquis is considerate of his fellow soldiers, he would never mistreat his wife, let alone neglect her..."